Reading Journal Week 36 - Heart of a Poet

Dahveed the mighty.
Dahveed the strong.
Dahveed of Israel, a shepherd's son.

Dahveed is a born leader.
I was born a believer,
And not a hater.
Dahveed is there to save Israel and Judah
All the while getting more moolah.

Reading Journal Week 35 - Heart of a Poet

To tell someone
That you are less
Takes a lot of courage.
Now you know what Dahveed felt
When he made amends with Shaul.
Shaul must have been mortified and grateful,
That Dahveed was so close
Close enough to cut off the edge of the garment
Yet Dahveed didn't kill him.
That took courage from Dahveed,
And (I imagine) a lot of self control.

Reading Journal Week 34 - Heart of a Poet

Why do you want to attack Dahveed, Shaul?

Dahveed did nothing to you.

He treated you like a father.

Then why do you still go after him?

Your reasons are unclear.

Was it that servant that turned you to the dark side.

If not, then why?

Dahveed did nothing to you.

You think he's trying to steal your crown,

But he doesn't want it.

He'll be given the crown whether he likes it or not.

Even Jonathan agrees with Dahveed.

Why attack Dahveed?

Reading Journal Week 33 - Heart of a Poet

Dahveed. Oh, Dahveed.

How many woman have you married?

How many are coming,

Coming for you?

First was Sahara Michal,

Then Ahinoam,

And finally Gebirah Abigail of Carmel.

More are sure to come.

I am positive.

If only you knew,

How many your son would have.

Even you would feel appalled.

Reading Journal Week 32 - Heart of a Poet

Father Christmas
It must have been a while,
For father Christmas was in denial.
Being put away for so long.
He had to have been strong,
To come back again,
And give gifts to men.

Reading Journal Week 31 - Heart of a Poet

Aslan and Jesus
Who is this mysterious Aslan?
This great Lion of old.
Why does he sound like our Jesus,
Who will give riches untold.
Aslan must be the Narnia equivalent
Of God's son, Jesus.

Reading Journal Week 30 - Heart of a Poet

Not Weird
The Wardrobe is open.
I'm gonna walk in.
It goes on an on.
Suddenly I'm in a forest.
This isn't weird at all.
Nope, always happens.
Not weird...
At all.

Reading Journal Week 29 - Heart of a Poet

The Castle
The castle looms o're our story,
In all its dark glory.
Ten scores of soldiers
Guarding us like boulders.
The night, or is it day, is gloomy.
How do we pass it when it scares me?
Where is the light?
All I see is dark.
Never ending
Dark
nes
.

Reading Journal Week 26 - Heart of a Poet

We're trapped, we're trapped!
We're trapped, we're trapped!
This quest is our demise.
We're trapped, we're trapped!
We can only follow the creator schemes.
We're trapped, we're trapped!
There is no escape.
We're trapped, we're trapped!
Oh, hello.
Did you really think I was talking about
The ques-tors that came long after
We were trapped
For we are
The first set.

Reading Journal Week 25 - Heart of a Poet

Todd
Todd, how dare you.
You trapped our friends.
The wizards you have trapped in a land,
Of obvious mystery, peril, and possibly an end.
But you wouldn't lend a hand.
Oh, Todd you foolish evil brat,
Putting us in this quest.
Don't you know that we'll do our best,
To create an annoy-fest.

Reading Journal Week 24 - Heart of a Poet

Jimmy
Jimmy, O odd Jimmy.
I don't get you.
Jimmy
You seem to try to make friends,
Jimmy
But also seem to turn on them in the end.
Jimmy
You change your mind and save them.
Jimmy
But why if you could have your revenge?
Jimmy
Did you actually have a change of heart?
Jimmy
Or was it just a brain fart?

Reading Journal Week 21 - Visualizing

This is a picture of Bast (The Egyptian Cat goddess) driving Sadie and Carter Kane around New York.

Reading Journal Week 20 - Visualizing

This is a picture of Carter Kane transforming into his battle avatar with the power of Horus.

Reading Journal Week 19 - Visualizing

Carter and Sadie Kane riding on an Egyptian reed boat for their first time through the Duat. (They are the little tiny Cartoon characters sort of in the middle of the boat.)

Reading Journal Week 17 - Visualizing

This is a picture of when Percy Jackson and Carter Kane (in the form of an eagle) fought the Son of Sobek (The Croc) In the middle of a city. I photoshopped this picture because this was the main fight scene in the short story and it was pretty cool.

Reading Journal Week 13 - Visualizing

I know it's kinda fast, but I couldn't find a way to make it slower. It's supposed to look like when the man (Whom Katherine now Calls JB) came into the room where James Reardon, Jonah, and Jonah's parents sat talking about adoption. He appeared out of nowhere. I (surprisingly) used a word processor to make this. I didn't have a photo editing program on hand.

Here's the pdf:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7G6kohEvupBU0lwQzVJTmlYRVU/view?usp=sharing

Reading Journal Week 12 - Asking Questions and Wondering

Q. What does this man "James Reardon" have to do with anything? It keeps saying he's from the FBI, but what does the FBI have to do with the mysterious addoptions?
A. Didn't find one yet.
Q. A man that seemingly came out of nowhere told Jonah to look at a paper on James Reardon's desk. What for? And how did the man come out of nowhere?
A. Still don't know, but I found out that the kids are going to talk to a person that knew where or when they came from. Possibly the man Jonah saw before was a time traveler.
Q. Why is Chip always mad at his parents?
A. Because they never told him he was adopted.

Reading Journal Week 11 - Predictions

          Jonah, Chip, and Katherine were looking through Chip's adoption records. One of the people that was listed as a contact was a man named James Reardon who worked for the FBI. Jonah already knew he was adopted, but wondered where. His parents decided to research where he came from before his adoption. The only person they found attached to his records was the same man, James Reardon. This man was in charge of two adoptions that happened in two different states, something weird is going on.
          I think that the kids are going to meet with this James Reardon person and get some answers.

Reading Journal Week 10 - Strange Conversations/Flash Fiction

          "No, you're probably thinking things. Man, you've must have hit your head hard. When we escape you've got to lay down and rest or something." said Tobias.
          "No, I'm not lying. I didn't get hit, everything is true." I responded.
          "Relax. Lets just escape and then we'll talk. OK?
          "OK, but please believe me."

          "Alright." He said unconvincingly.

          We ran away from where we were and escaped from the facility pretty easily.

          "That was too easy, things like this are never that easy." I told Tobias.

          "That's right." He said. "But for now the danger seems to have passed. As I promised, you must rest."

          I was about to resist, but sleep sounded so good especially next to Tobias. Tobias wasn't one of those guys that was sexy looking at first glance, and honestly, he wasn't my type. But for some reason, I really want to kiss him. Maybe it was the whole "switching bodies" thing that was doing this to me. I snuggled in next to him and fell asleep.

Reading Journal Week 9 - Strange Conversations/Flash Fiction

          The man knocked Jennie down and ripped the gun from her hands. "Come on Tris, lets go." he said.
         "Who are you?" I asked, not moving.
         "Its me Tobias. Don't you know?." He stretched out his hand.
        I shook my head as if to clear my thoughts. "Oh, yeah. Right, lets go." I said as I took his warm hand.
        We ran through hallways, past doors and into ventilation shafts. "Do you know where we're going?" I asked.
         "Yes. This is the way I came in to rescue you."
         "Wait." I pulled him into an empty room and sat down in a chair.
         "We have to go, why are you stopping?"
         "I have to tell you something."
         "What could be more important that escaping?"
         "I'm not Tris. I am Katniss, Tris's alternate dimension counterpart. Someone did something that switched our places. I don't know why. But I know one thing, I have to get back home."
         "You must have gotten hit really hard or something... Don't worry, It'll wear off."
         "No, this is real. I'll prove it. Now that that's out of the way, lets run."